Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 20

Which of the following is the best way to handle obsolete magnetic tapes before disposing of them?

A. overwriting the tapes

B. initializing the tape labels

C. erasing the tapes

D. degaussing the tapes

Step 1 of 2

Handling obsolete magnetic tapes

Before disposing magnetic tapes, their data must be erased. The best way to erase data is degaussing the tapes.

Thus the correct option is D. degaussing the tapes.